the reflection of his own disobedience to his mind, and he dropped tears in plenteous libation : in his grief he saw the sorrow of his parents, whom he had deserted, to follow what he began to perceive a mad career, in despite of the many unanswered remonstrances he had received, with a fair promise of forgiveness and affection, should he return to his business. This philanthropic female lamented that she could not furnish him with a bed, but offered to lend hin her husband's cloak, and to procure a bundle of dry hay, that he might sleep in an empty room in her house. His heart

was too full to pay his gratitude in words; his eyes thanked her; he wept bitterly, accepted her kind offer, and retired to rest. The intruding any further on her kindness was painful to him, as she was struggling to maintain a numerous offspring. He therefore carefully avoided the house at meal-times, and wandered through the fields or streets, until he supposed their repasts were finished: at last, so overcome by fasting and fatigue, that he could not rest, he rose from his trooper's cloak in the dead of the night, and explored the kitchen, searching the dresser and all its shelves and drawers, in hopes of finding something that might satisfy the cravings of his appetite, but in vain. On his return to his hay-truss, he accidentally struck against the kitchen table, the noise of which he feared might alarm the family; and, uncertain of the real cause of his leaving his apartment at that hour, they might naturally suppose that his purpose was to rob the house, as a reward for their hospitality: the idea added to the misery he then suffered; he trembled, he Fistened, but all was quiet; and then renewed his search (for his hunger overcame his fears), and to his gratification be found a large crust of stale bread, which he was afterwards informed had been used for rubbing out some spots of white paint from the very cloak that composed his bedding; he, however, ate it with avidity, as he was entering on the fourth day without the least refreshment, and returned heartfelt thanks to Providence, whose omnipotent hand was stretched in the very critical moment, to save him from the most direful of all possible deaths, starving!

At length, after enduring more than the usual hardships attendant on a strolling life, he left the stage, once more "returned to reason and the shop," and remained at home upwards of three years. Anon the theatrical drum beat in his ears; he forgot the misery of his former campaigning; the glory of it only remaining in his recollection; and, after making some excursions of little moment, he joined a re spectable corps under the command of Mr. Richard William Knipe, a well-known

dramatic veteran, a scholar, and a gentleman, whose facetious and eccentric character will be ever remembered with pleasure by all who knew him. In his com-' pany Cherry enjoyed much comfort and satisfaction, and remained attached to it till Mr. Knipe's death; he then joined the principal provincial company of Ireland under the management of Mr. Atkins, where he filled a most extensive round of characters, and for many years was the popular favourite of the North of Ireland. Here he married the daughter of his old friend and manager Mr. Knipe, by whom he has had a large family.

Mr. Ryder having, in 1787, been engaged for Covent Garden, Mr. Cherry,' whose provincial reputation had reached the capital, was called up from Belfast to supply his place at the Theatre Koyal, Smock Alley, Dublin. Here, for six years, little Cherry (as he was familiarly called) stood at the top of his profession in the comic line.

Having long entertained a desire of visiting England, he engaged himself and Mrs. Cherry to Tate Wilkinson, at the time when Mr. Fawcett was called to Covent Garden, whose situation he filled at the Theatres Royal of York, Hull, &c. for three years; when he again returned to his native country. He continued two seasons in Ireland; after which the manager's irregular payments, and other disgusting circumstances, induced him to return to England. He accepted an engagement with Messrs. Ward and Banks, managers of the Theatre Royal, Manchester, where, with his wife, he successfully performed two years. From thence be went to Bath, and for four seasons enjoyed an ample share of public favour.

On the abdication of the late Mr. King, Mr. Cherry was engaged at Drury Lane, where be made his appearance on the 25th of September 1802, in the characters of Sir Benjamin Dove and Lazarillo, and was received with great applause.

Mr. Cherry was the author of the following dramatic pieces: 1. "Harlequin on the Stocks," a pantomimic romance, 1793; 2. "The Outcasts," an opera, 1796, not printed; 3. "Soldier's Daughter," a comedy, 1804; 4. " All for Fame," a comic sketch, 1805; 5. "The Village," a comedy, 1805; 6. "The Travellers," a dramatic opera, 1806; 7. "Thalia's Tears," a poetical effusion, 1806, not printed; 8. "Spanish Dollars," a musical entertainment, 1806; 9. Peter the Great," a dramatic opera, 1807; 10. "A Day in London," a comedy, 1807, not printed *.

* Jones's new edition of "** Biographia Dramatica," 1812.

DEATHS.

of respect, offered by a grateful Country to departed worth, are a just tribute of applause for zealous and active service, and hold forth an engaging and persuasive example to rising merit; and the sorrowing parents who have lost their only two sons in the short space of one month, cannot indeed forget that they were once blessed with every prospect and every hope that could gratify a parent's fondest wish, but may still look for consolation to those future expectancies which youthful virtue and unsullied character present to Christian resignation.

Dec. 15. At the Cape of Good Hope, after an illness of eight days, Dr. Vanderkemp, a distinguished Missionary to the Hottentots and other nations of South Africa, under the patronage of the Missionary Society of London. Dr. V. was a graduate of the university of Edinburgh, had practised for some years as a physician in Holland, and had attained considerable eminence in his profession. At that period of life when the desire of repose induces most men to retire from scenes of activity and labour, this venerable man was impelled, by feelings of the purest benevolence and most exalted philanthropy, to undertake a mission to some of the most ignorant, uncultivated, and unpromising of mankind, and cheerfully to expose himself to all the fatigues and privations which such an arduous enterprise involved. His labours were unremitted, his prudence was not inferior to his zeal, and his success in promoting civilization and Christianity, in a place which he found both literally and morally a wretched wilderness, was such as to afford his benevolent mind no mean recompence.

Dec. 24. Capt. Thomas Phillips, of the Royal Marines, one of the unfortunate of'ficers who perished in the ill-fated Hero man of war. He was an officer of highly distinguished worth, having served his country in many hard-fought actions. Capt. P. was the third son of the late Rev. Edward Phillips, vicar of West Tarring, 'Sussex.

1812, Jan. 15. At Clifton, in her 67th 'year, Mrs. Dashwood, wife of Charles Vere D. esq. of Stauford hall, Notts. She was daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood, of Lin'colnshire, and aunt to Lady Fitzharris (wife to the son of Lord Malmesbury). Her remains were removed for interment in the family vault in Stanford church, on the 28th.

And on the 12th of February, died, at Allestree hall, Derbyshire, aged 48, her eldest son, Charles Armand Dashwood, esq. formerly Lieut.-col. of the Royal Horse Guards Biue. He had been married but a few years to a daughter of the Dean of St. Asaph, by whom he has left a family. His remains were interred at Stanford, with those of his mother.

GENT. MAG. March, 1812.

Jan. 18. At Oakley Lodge, near Cirencester, Arnold Merrick, sen. son of Aris tarchus M. and grandson of Roger M. esq. of Thruxstone-court, Herefordshire. His grandfather married a Miss Pye, of an eminent family in that county. From his mother, Mary (Hallett), he inherited a remarkable genius for surgery, which many of his old neighbours, still living, will attest with grateful recollection. He took so much delight in musick, that he built a gallery for singers, and taught a band of psalm-singers in a neighbouring church, St. Devereux; and with his own hands he constructed a musical instrument of almost every kind at present known. He was the first that introduced into Herefordshire the winnowing machine. Unfortunately for the interests of his own family, about twenty years ago, he gave up an extensive farm, the Valletts, and business as a land-surveyor, just before events took a turn so much to the enrichment of farmers, to become Wood-steward to the late Earl Bathurst, at Cirencester. In this situation he continued, to the great advantage of his lordship's extensive and admired woods, till the day of his death. He was highly esteemed by his acquaintance through every period of his life, and his death is most sincerely lamented by his surviving friends.

Jun. 19. In the breach of Ciudad Rodrigo, in his 20th year, Lieut. Alex. Bell, of the 45th regt. The glorious circumstances attending his fate, together with the recollection that he has fallen in the service of his country, leaving behind him an unsullied reputation as a gentleman and a soldier, are great alleviations to grief, and soften even the keen feelings of parental affliction in lamenting his irreparable loss.

Jan. 23. Aged 23, Mr. Robert Marriott, of Great James Street, Bedford-row.

Jan. 28. At Dunmow, Essex, in his 92d year, Dr. Robert Courthorpe Sims, deservedly held in high estimation for superior skill and judgment in his profession, and for the strict principles of integrity and benevolence by which his life was governed, joined with manners the most mild and inoffensive. He had received a liberal education in his youth, had read much, and possessed a philosophical mind. He took the degree of Doctor of Physic, in the University of Edinburgh, in the year 1744, and wrote on the occasion an inaugural dissertation, De vomicâ pulmonis; but, void of ambition, and more desirous of being really useful than of acquiring riches or fame, the doctor was content to practise as a surgeon and apothecary in the small country town in which he died. He was of the Quaker persuasion, and universally respected and beloved by his brethren;

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and was indeed a sincere believer in, and faithful follower of, the tenets of that respectable sect, though perfectly free from the narrow-minded spirit, so frequently observable in seceders from the Established Church of almost every denomination. His hours of relaxation were chiefly spent in his garden, in the cultivation of which he took the greatest delight, particularly in varying the arrangement of the walks, the grass, and the plantations, so as to change the general form of the whole, with a view of producing a more picturesque effect. It ever happened that one design was hardly finished, before he discovered, as he imagined, some new capability of further improvement. Thus the face of his garden was so frequently changing, that a person, thoroughly acquainted with it at one period, after an absence of seven years, might scarcely be able to recognise it for the same. In these alterations he was generally allowed to show much taste; and Dr. Sims's garden, though limited in extent to about an acre, was admired beyond any other in the neighbourhood, and not unfrequently excited the curiosity of strangers; to himself it afforded a perpetual source of innocent and healthful amusement for upwards of sixty years. He retained the perfect use of his intellects very nearly to the end of his long and active life; and, in the year 1807, published a small tract, entitled "An Essay on the Constitution of Man, Natural, Moral, and Religious." The design of this work was more especially" to attempt to impede the torrent of that irreligious philosophy, the pernicious doctrine of which had been spread over Europe, to the unspeakable injury of the religion, morals, and interests, of the inhabitants." For, having retired from the fatigues of his profession, of which the decay of his hearing rendered him in great measure incapable, he was still anxious to devote a large share of his time to some useful employment. The improvement and re-publication of the abovementioned essay was his chief mortal concern, till the lamp of life was extinguished.

Feb. 1. At Freshford, Rev. Dr. Baker. To the poor he was a liberal and unostentations benefactor; to his friends steady and sincere; and distinguished by the urbanity of his manners and the uprightness of his character.

At Ely Place, Dublin, Margaret, widow of the late R. Tunnadine, esq. of Manchester, and youngest daughter of the late Peter Ormerod, of Ormerod, esq. near Burnley, Lancashire. This amiable and interesting lady was, in early life, much admired for her beauty and accomplishments; and at a later period, the meridian of which she had scarcely more than attained, for her highly cultivated mind,

strength of understanding, and exemplary conduct under severe domestic afflictions. She has left a disconsolate daughter, who with all her relatives and friends will long deeply and sincerely deplore her loss.

Feb. 2. After a lingering illness, Mr. Thomas Bird, of Stourminster Newton Castle, co. Dorset.

At Paris, Isaac Titsing, formerly counsellor extraordinary of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, and ambassador at the court of Pekin.

Feb. 4. At Gallegos, of a wound received in the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, on the 19th of Jan. in his 24th year, Lieut. Wm. Smith, of the 77th foot. During the short time he had served in the army, he displayed qualities which endeared him to all who knew him, as a soldier and a gentleman.

Feb. 12. In his 36th year, Capt. John Naish, of the 85th regt. lately returned from Portugal.

Feb. 13. In Duke street, Portlandplace, in his 74th year, Maj-gen. Charles William Este, Lieut.-governor of Carlisle.

Feb. 14. At Leicester, Mr. Alderm. Sam. Clarke. He served the office of mayor for that borough 1808, and was justly esteemed a truly worthy and respectable character, both in public and private life.

Feb. 17. In his 89th year, Rev. Richard Marsh, rector of Mount Bures, and vicar of Great Tey, Essex.

At Edinburgh, Sir William Maxwell, bart. of Monreith.

Feb. 18. At the governor's-house, in his 73d year, Col. Matthew Smith, major of the Tower of London.

Feb. 19. In Park-street, Grosvenorsquare, the Hon. Mary Talbot, mother of the Earl of Shrewsbury. She was daughter of Sir George Mostyn, of Talacre, in Flintshire, bart.

At Mr. Thompson's, Strand, aged 73, F.Garrety, esq. Oak-Hanger-house, Berks. At Walthamstow, aged 64, John Bacon, esq. late of King-street, Cheapside.

Feb. 21. At the Hot-wells, near Bristol, Rev. John Fallowfield, rector of Barrow, 'Somerset, vicar of Great Grandsden, Hunts, formerly of Clare Hall, Cambridge, B. A. 1776, M. A. 1779.

Feb. 22. Suddenly, aged 61, Rev. Mr. Washington, rector of Chilcomb, Hants, and curate of St. Faith's, Winchester.

Feb. 23. At Clapham, much lamented and esteemed, Mr. S. Franks, solicitor, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury.

At Melton Constable, Norfolk, (the seat of Sir J. Astley, bart. M. P. for that county) the Hon. Lady Stanhope, eldest sister of the late Lord Delaval, and sisterin-law to the late celebrated Earl of Ches

terfield. Her ladyship was twice married, first to Sir Wm. Stanhope, brother to the said Earl, who lived but a few years, and

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on his death to C. Morrice, esq. the cele brated Lyric Writer, then an officer in the guards. Her ladyship was one of the finest women of the age, and of great understanding and accomplishments. She

has bequeathed the whole of her property, which is very considerable, to her nephew, Sir J. Astley, and her jointure of 1000l. a year devolves to the present Earl of Chesterfield.

At Powick, near Worcester, Lady Packington, relict of Sir John P.

Feb. 23. At Stoke, near Plymouth, suddenly, having retired to bed in good health, Sir Charles Cotton, Commander in Chief of the Channel fleet. He had seen as much actual service as most officers of the present day. He was an excellent commander, a good man, and inviolably attached to his King and Country. He was made Post Captain Aug. 10, 1779, and commanded the Majestic, under Lord Howe, on the 1st of June, 1794; and in the following year, he commanded the Mars, during the masterly retreat of Adm. Cornwallis, with five sail of the line, from before the whole French fleet, when the Mars gallantly engaged the Enemy, and her commander was highly extolled for his conduct. He was made Rear-Adm. of the Blue, Feb. 20, 1797; Vice-Adm. April 29, 1802; and Admiral, April 28, 1808. Sir Charles, after obtaining his flag, served, first as junior, then as second in command, in the Channel fleet, during the greatest part of the time when the Earl of St. Vincent held the chief command, and by his conduct obtained the esteem of that distinguished Admiral. In December, 1807, Sir C. was appointed to command an expedition, and proceeded off Lisbon, Portugal being at that time in possession of the French, ample scope was afforded for the exercise of his compassion, which was manifested in the succour he afforded to hundreds of distressed families, who found an asylum on board the British squadron; at the same time the Admiral's zeal and loyalty contributed greatly to animate and rouse the Portuguese to rise in arms to rescue their insulted country. Even before the arrival of a British army, the Portuguese nation was, by his exertions, roused to a high pitch of patriotism. A landing was effected by a party of marines at Figueras. The Portuguese standard was reared, round which hundreds were daily assembling; and the post was held until the arrival of Sir A. Wellesley, who there first disembarked the British soldiers. Sir Charles long opposed the fatal Convention of Cintra; and, although it is not generally known, thrice returned it to its projectors unexecuted; roundly declaring, he could not sign an instrument so much in favour of a French army twice beaten, with

30,000 British troops in Portugal; at the same time he pointed out to the commander of the army, means by which Gen. Kellerman's threats of plundering Lisbon might be rendered abortive. Sir Charles was, after his return to England, appointeď Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, and returned about 8 months since to take the command of the Channel fleet; in which arduous and important employ, he terminated an useful and honourable life, chiefly spent in the service, and always to the advantage, of his King and Country.-His remains were removed, March 6, on board the Pelorus brig, Plymouth, and conveyed to Greenwich, for interment in Cambridgeshire.-They arrived at Southend on the 10th of March. On the following morning Rear-adm. Sir T. Williams, Commander in Chief at the Nore, attended by all the Captains of men of war at that place, in their respective barges, with the Admiral's flag, and Captains pendants hoisted half-way (the colours of the ships hoisted half-mast high), proceeded in regular order to the Pelorus, to witness the ceremony of placing the body in the barge belonging to the Namur, the flagship, with the lamented Admiral's flag half-mast high.-On the remains being placed in the barge, Sir T. Williams, and the respective Captains in rotation, followed the Namur's barge to the shore, where the body was landed and placed in a hearse, attended by two carriages, for the purpose of being conveyed for interment iu the family vault. The instant the body was lowered into the Namur's barge, all the ships of war began to fire minute guns, and continued so until the body was placed in the hearse.

After one hour's illness, in her 48th year, Catherina Margaretta Maria, wife of John Beck, esq. Comptroller of the Customs at the port of Workington, only daughter of the late Rev. Bryan Allott, rector of Burnham, Norfolk, and niece to the very Rev. the Dean of Raphoe,' Ireland.

Feb. 25. Near Bristol, William Rowley, esq. late Commissioner of the Customs.

Feb. 28. At Islington, aged 37, John Till Allingham, esq. eldest son of Mr. Thos. A. of Colebrooke Terrace, wine-merchant. He was brought up to the profession of the Law; but is chiefly known to the publick by his dramatic talents, which received the test of long-continued approbation. His loss, however, will be more sensibly felt, by the domestic and social circle of which he made so distinguished a part. Benevolence formed the basis of his actions, and his manners bore the plain impression of this principle. However he avoided ostentation, not only his occasional acts of pecuniary kindness, but the lively interest he took, and the persevering